Garment.



GARMENT.

APPLICATION flLED mvzr. 1912.

5 1 9 I 7H 1 av H A d .w H 6 t a P In ven tor:

R. ABRAMS.

GA'RMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. I912.

Patented Aug. 17, Y 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Inventor:

Atty J ROSE ABRAMS, Ole NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 317. inf-L5.

, Application filed may 27, 1912. Serial No. 699,865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ross ABnAMs, citizen of the United States, residingat New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is a ladys garment, that shown being a united skirt andbodice.

It has the advantage of being easy to put on and take off and requiresno hooks and eyes or buttons. Further, one size of garment fits a widerange of figures irrespective of variations in bust and waist measure.This universality in the fit of the garment is advantageous to theseller because it cuts down the number of sizes which he is requiredto-carry in stock. Further, it is advantageous to the wearer because itpermits the parts of the bodice to be adjusted to give either asubstantially closed neck to the garment or a dcollet effect to anyextent I desired. Further, I provide a guimpe especially adapted to thegarment of my present invention.

In the drawings which show only one of the embodiments which myimprovements are adapted to take, Figure 1 is a front view of a garmentWithin my invention shown on a form; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the sameshown partly on; Fig. 3 is a cross section in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a viewof the garment of the preceding .figures shown from the rear with thebodice spread open; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 except that itshows my improved guimpe combined with the garment; and Fig. isa detailof the guimpe detached.

I will now describe the particular garment of the drawings, reserving itto the claim to point out the novel features and to define the scope ofthe invention, it being understood that the claim will be given the duerange of equivalents to which it may be entitled in view of the art.

The particular garment shown has a skirt, and further said skirt isunited to the bodice so that the dress is in one piece.

v1 is at waist band adapted to extend twice around the waist and has abuckle 2 adapted to unite the free ends of the band. Said free ends arepreferably elastic so as to give greater range of adjustment as well asThe bodice consists of two similar hal'res H extending respectively overthe shoulders of the wearer. lhe bottom edge 5 of each half extends overto the opposite 60 side of the garment and is sewed or otherwiseappropriately secured to the front and back portions of the waist band,these bemg, of course, the portions of the first round of the walst bandimmediately next to the wearer. The inner edge 6 of one half of thebodice inclines across the inner edge of the other half.

Fig. 2 shows the garment in process of being put on and Fig. 1 shows itcompletely on with the free ends of the waist band brought together andbuckled. The effect is to overlap the halves of the bodice and to pullthe bodice. snugly around or into the figure. The extensive overlappingof the bottoms of the halves of the bodice keeps their upper portionsfrom working off the shoulders. No buttons or hooks and eyes arerequired to unite the halves of the l bodice and hold them together.Thus, the 80 garment can be very quickly put off or on. The shoulderportions can be adjusted closely together--- or to varying distancesapart to give the desired effected; the neck, either closed or more orless open. 35

Figs. 2 and 3 show how one of the halves of the bodice is verticallyslitted at 7 to permit one free end of the waist band to pass through itto the outside in position to be buckled to the free end of said band,

' tures provide for adjustability to fit various sizes of figures.

The aforesaid front and back sections 9 of the guimpe are adapted to besewed or otherwise suitably attached interiorly to 1 0'5 the front andback portions of'one of the halves of the bodice so that it goes on withthe dress. Then the side of the filiimpe that is under the opposite halfof the bodice is buttoned up, whereupon said bodice-half is adjusted upon the shoulder and finally the ends of the waist-band are buckledtogether. Each side of the guimpe under the arm is secured together bybuttons 100 00- operating with a button-hole 100, one button or anotherbeing used to make the guimpe fit the particular figure.

Such changes and modifications as can be made in any of the foregoingwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention are intendedto be coveredhereby as being mere equivalents of my invention.

What I claim is:

A ladys garment comprising a waist band adapted to wrap twice around thewaist and to be united at its free ends, and a bodice consisting of twohalves extending respectively over the shoulders of the wearer andcrossing each other at the front, these two halves being secured tofront and back portion of the inner winding of the waist band and endingat the band, and a skirt whose upper edge is attached to said hand, oneof these halves being slitted to permit the passage therethrough of thesecond winding of the Waist band and the other having a loop for thesame purpose.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROSE ABRAMS.

Witnesses:

D. GOLDENBERG, A. C. MGDONNELL.

